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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 05, 2010 |
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| LUIS RAMOS |
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Name: Luis Ramos
Record: 16-0, 8 KO
Division: Lightweight: 135 lbs
Luis Ramos, of Frank Espinoza’s “Espinoza Boxing Club”, is already looked upon as one of the hottest young prospects in boxing. After a decorated amateur career spanning more than 100 fights and 6 national championships, Ramos turned to the professional ranks in late 2007. Having already built an impressive record of 16 wins, 8 coming by way of knockout, Ramos’ following in the Southern California area is impressive, to say the least. Ramos is never in a dull fight, and fights with a crowd-pleasing style. Keep an eye on Ramos in the near future, as his next scheduled bout is set to be televised on Telefutura on September 17, 2010, from Los Angeles, California. |
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SHANE VS BERTO BEING PUSHED BY HBO SAYS DIBELLA |
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By Lem Satterfield
According to promoter Lou DiBella, HBO was pushing very hard for Andre Berto to defend his WBC welterweight title against ex-champion Shane Mosley. DiBella discussed the fight with Mosley's promoter, Golden Boy Promotions, but a dispute over purse caused the bout to fall through. Mosley was set to challenge Berto in January of this year. Berto withdrew to assist family members who affected by the earthquake in Haiti. Mosley would later sign a contract to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr. in May.
DiBella is surprised that HBO, despite Mosley's one-sided decision loss to Mayweather, was pushed so hard for a fight to happen with Berto. DiBella would like Berto to fight some of the other champions at the weight like IBF champion Jan Zaveck or WBA champ Vyacheslav Senchenko, but the network has no interest. The only opponent the network has even mentioned to Berto, is Mosley. DiBella was open to making that fight. He said Mosley's demand of 60% was the breaking point. Berto was willing to go 50-50 down the line. After the negotiations broke, Mosley signed to fight Sergio Mora in a junior middleweight contest on September 18 at Staples Center.
"You can't clean out the division really unless the fights are purchased by television. That's another thing. HBO has had no interest in allowing Berto to unify the 147 pound title. No interest. For the most part all that they've said for recent months was Shane Mosley, who we were supposed to fight, as you know, on Jan. 30 originally," DiBella said.
"But then, when we negotiated for a Shane Mosley fight, he insisted on getting 60 percent of the money, and we were unable to do a deal. And frankly, I think that HBO is upset that that deal didn't happen. So as of right now, I believe that they would remain committed to Berto, but we would have to work out a fight."
Berto is willing to fight several names at welterweight, or even junior middleweight, including Antonio Margarito, Miguel Cotto or Tim Bradley.
"On a fair deal, get me one of those other guys. Get me Margarito, get me Cotto. We're not scared of Tim Bradley. It's not like there aren't fights out there. Or a 50-50 deal with Shane Mosley where you went to the site of the highest bidder? That deal would have been closed already. If they want to criticize the kid about his opposition, the kid would fight anybody," DiBella said.
"I was a little shocked that there was so much pressure for us to fight Shane Mosley after he had lost 11-and-a-half of 12 rounds against Floyd Mayweather. What does a fight with Shane Mosley prove for a young champion If Golden Boy didn't have Shane Mosley, I wonder if that would have been pushed so hard. But I just think that it's not only the 60-40 split, but it's who is controlling the promotion. Berto would not have been promoted as the A-side of that fight -- Mosley would have been.That would have been dictated by the 60 percent that they were demanding."
Lem Satterfield is the boxing editor at AOL FanHouse and the news editor at BoxingScene.com. To read more from Lem Satterfield, go to AOL FanHouse by Clicking Here. |
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